How To Donate

Donate Now – You can help improve lives, support the hospital and provide scholarships to the next generation of healthcare professionals.Join us in fulfilling our mission by contributing a donation now, which you can make securely online using your credit card. As confirmation, we will send you an email with a letter acknowledging your donation.Donations:We provide many donation opportunities enabling the community to participate in helping to support the health and wellness of those who live in the area.The Foundation does not provide legal advice with respect to donations, and highly recommends that donors consult their private legal counsel regarding the appropriateness of a gift.For specific information regarding gift questions, please feel free to contact the Foundation at: 805-525-3917.CASH GIFTS: Giving cash is the most popular way to give. Cash contributions result in direct tax savings for donors and provide Santa Clara Valley Wellness Foundation with funds for immediate use. Many companies match contributions of employees. Gifts can be made via cash or checks, payable to the Foundation and sent to P.O. Box 348, Santa Paula, CA93061-0348.SECURITIES:Contributions to the Foundation in the form of common stock or other securities that have increased in value can have important extra benefits for the donor. With these gifts, there is no capital gains tax due on “long-term” holdings, and the full market value of the securities at the time of the gift may generally be claimed as a deduction from income in the year of the gift. If the stocks have declined in value, they should be sold by the donor first, and the proceeds given to the Foundation. Then, in addition to the deduction for the cash gift, donors may claim a capital loss for income tax purposes, which is not an option if depreciated securities are given outright. Money market funds, mutual funds, and zero coupon bonds, can also be used to make gifts.REAL ESTATE: A farm, home, apartment house, commercial property, or other real estate can be used to create a significant gift to the Foundation. Donors no longer have upkeep and tax concerns, and the Foundation can choose to retain the real estate, trade it, or market it. The donors also receive significant tax advantages. Many donors set up a “life estate contract” under which they retain the right to live on and use the property for the rest of their lives, even though they have deeded the property to the Foundation and have received tax benefits. At their death, the Foundation becomes the property owner.Foundation officers would be happy to discuss the donation of real estate with a donor.LIFE INSURANCE:One of the most effective ways that a donor can make a large gift to the Foundation with relatively small annual contributions is through life insurance. The Foundation is named as the beneficiary or can be co-beneficiary. Most insurance company representatives know about this method of giving.WILLS AND BEQUESTS: Bequests to the Foundation in a last will and testament are not taxable as part of the donor's estate. Families of all agescan utilize wills, bequests, and other planned giving instruments, which provide estate planning benefits to them, and eventually to the Foundation. The Foundation highly recommends consultation with your legal counsel in all matters related to making a bequest.GIFTS THROUGH A DONOR'S CORPORATION:Small business owners often find it advantageous to make gifts to the Foundation through their corporations.